Nonresistance

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The practice or principle of complete obedience to authority even if unjust or arbitrary.
  • n. The practice or principle of refusing to resort to force even in defense against violence.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. lack of resistance; not actively resisting
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The principles or practice of a nonresistant; passive obedience; submission to authority, power, oppression, or violence without opposition.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The absence of resistance; passive obedience: submission to authority, even if unjustly exercised, without physical opposition.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. group refusal to resort to violence even in defense against violence
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